Empire of the Ants - 1977 - This is a very good bad movie. The ants show up early and often. The special effects are as compelling as they are laughable. The acting is pretty bad and some of the plot was either lost or never written, but the non-stop action makes up for it. Caught on TV. 3/5

American Beauty - 1999 - I feel like this selfish midlife crisis fantasy is acclaimed purely on the strength of its actors. Kevin Spacey's dialog is fun, and Annette Bening's hateful shrew motivates it well. Yet the story mostly rings hollow, with the emotional and mental depth of the teenagers (except Mena Suvari's climactic revelation) providing more realism than anything else. I first saw it in the theater. Mrs steak picked it out on Netflix. 4/5

shakin steak wrote :Empire of the Ants - 1977 - This is a very good bad movie. The ants show up early and often. The special effects are as compelling as they are laughable. The acting is pretty bad and some of the plot was either lost or never written, but the non-stop action makes up for it. Caught on TV. 3/5-end quote